diff --git a/external_plugin_deps.bzl b/external_plugin_deps.bzl
index 9e44a2e..253b5a1 100644
--- a/external_plugin_deps.bzl
+++ b/external_plugin_deps.bzl
@@ -121,8 +121,8 @@
 
     maven_jar(
         name = "events-broker",
-        artifact = "com.gerritforge:events-broker:3.5.1",
-        sha1 = "78b8bc6ad7fd7caadcc1c6e3484332464de0ac38",
+        artifact = "com.gerritforge:events-broker:3.6.0-rc3",
+        sha1 = "cb398afa4f76367be5c62b99a7ffce74ae1d3d8b",
     )
 
     maven_jar(